Post written by Mike T. Wei, MD, from Stanford University, Stanford, and Veterans Affairs Palo Alto, Palo Alto California. We present a case of a 64-year-old man with history of C5 spinal cord injury who presented for screening colonoscopy. Unfortunately, due to significant looping, the colonoscope was only able to reach the transverse colon. The colonoscope …
Continue reading Use of a rigidizing overtube to complete an incomplete colonoscopy
Mahesh Kumar Goenka, MD, DM, FACG, FASGE from the Institute of Gastroenterology, Department of Interventional Radiology at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals in Kolkata, India shares this VideoGIE case "Fully covered self-expandable metal biliary stent for hemobilia caused by portal biliopathy." Overt bleeding from an ampulla after plastic biliary stent removal in portal biliopathy is a life …
Continue reading Biliary stent for hemobilia caused by portal biliopathy
Associate Editor Jacques Devière, MD, PhD recommends this Original Article from the December issue "Detection and staging of esophageal cancers within Barrett’s esophagus is improved by assessment in specialized Barrett’s units." The authors clearly address a common problem in the assessment of patients having Barrett's esophagus (BE) and dysplasia. In 2014, evaluation of these patients includes …
Continue reading Editor’s Choice: Detection and staging of esophageal cancers within BE
Enqiang Linghu, MD from the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, China presents this video case "Insulated-tip knife endoscopic resection of a giant pedunculated colon polyp" from the VideoGIE section. Our video introduced a novel but feasible method with insulated-tip (IT) knife to remove a giant pedunculated colon polyp. The polyp, approximately 4cmx 4cm in …
Michael Wallace, MD, MPH from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, USA discusses his article "Polarization gating spectroscopy of normal-appearing duodenal mucosa to detect pancreatic cancer." In this study, we tested the hypothesis that pancreatic cancer is detectable from the normal appearing duodenum, using sophisticated spectroscopy methods. The concept …
Fa-chao Zhi, MD from the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology; Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, China discusses this Original Article "Role of transgastric natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery in the diagnosis of ascites of unknown origin (with videos)" from the November issue. The purpose of this study was to evaluate …
Associate Editor Mimi Canto, MD, MHS, FASGE, highlights this Original Article "Longitudinal assessment of colonoscopy quality indicators: a report from the Gastroenterology Practice Management Group" by Lyndon V. Hernandez, MD, MPH, Thomas M. Deas, MD, Marc F. Catalano, MD, Nalini M. Guda, MD, Lin Huang, MD, Scott R. Ketover, MD, Kyle P. Etzkorn, MD, Kumar G. …
Continue reading Editor’s Choice: Longitudinal assessment of colonoscopy quality indicators
GIE’s success as a top journal in the field is dependent on the existence of a large pool of skilled reviewers and experts who can provide effective and constructive comments to editors and authors. Here are some tips to make sure you’re not getting overlooked as a valued reviewer. Make sure your information in EES …
Authors Mohit Girotra, MD and Rayburn F. Rego, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA share this case "Choledochoscopic surveillance in a patient with Hepaticolithiasi" from the VideoGIE section. A 54-year-old Asian female with recurrent hepaticolithiasis had previously undergone a Kasai …
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